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Dyslexia Myth 1: Dyslexia is a visual problem.
The facts: The bulk of research now suggests that reading disabilities stem from difficulties with language rather than vision. Researchers think dyslexic children have trouble identifying phonemes-the tiny sounds that make up words, such as the “c” sound in “cat” However, vision problems can definitely contribute to learning problems. The child with tracking problems will lose his place. The child with eye teaming problems will periodically see double. These symptoms, and others, can contribute to being unable to stay on task.

Dyslexia Myth 2: More boys than girls are dyslexic.
The facts: As many girls as boys suffer from reading disabilities, according to studies conducted at Yale University. Reading problems relating to girls, however, often go undetected.

Dyslexia Myth 3: Dyslexia is a sort of retardation.

The facts: Dyslexia is a difficulty in learning to read, write and spell, despite traditional teaching, average intelligence, and an adequate opportunity to learn. It is an impairment in the brain's ability to translate information received from the eyes or ears into understandable language. It does not result from vision or hearing problems. It is not due to mental retardation, brain damage, or lack of intelligence.

Dyslexia Myth 4: There is no 'cure' for dyslexia.
The facts: Dyslexia is not a disease. Given the appropriate specialized teaching, dyslexics can learn to read (and even to spell) just as well as anyone else.

Dyslexia Myth 5: My child can't be dyslexic. No one else in the family has it.
The facts: : Beware. In some families, one, or both parents, are obviously dyslexic and all, or most, of their children, have the difficulties. In other families, dyslexia is not apparent in either parent and the other children are unaffected.

Dyslexia Myth 6: Dyslexics are “gifted/stupid”.
The facts: : Repeated studies have shown that there is little relationship between dyslexia and intelligence in young children. Dyslexia occurs across a whole spectrum of intelligence and is likely to be found in the gifted and talented population as well as in the low-ability but most of them fall in the middle. However, if dyslexics don't learn to read, their IQs tend to fall as they get older.

Dyslexia Myth 7: Reversing letters is a good indication of dyslexia.
The facts: In fact, writing backwards and reversal of letters and words are common among young children learning to write whether or not they are dyslexic. Only about 10% of dyslexics reverse letters. In general, letter-reversals become an area of concern if it persists beyond Primary 2 or 8 years old.

Dyslexia Myth 8: Dyslexics can't read.
The facts: : People with mild to moderate dyslexia have usually learnt to read well enough to 'get by' and to avoid being noticed. Despite this, their reading usually remains slower than normal and a spelling skills check will often reveal their true difficulties.

Dyslexia Myth 9: He can't have dyslexia because he can read.
The facts: : All children with dyslexia can read—up to a point. But the problem they have with processing speech sounds, prevent them from hearing all the individual sounds in a word. Therefore, they generally don't read by sounding out. With poor ability to detect and manipulate speech sounds, dyslexics tend to have inadequate knowledge and application of how sounds are linked with their written form. This weak letter-sound link affects their ability to read to some extent. Instead, they often use alternative strategies like pictures, a familiar story, the shapes of words, and guessing based on the first letter or two. But their memories can hold only a limited number of words. So these strategies will fail them by the third or fourth grade. Without the right type of help, they cannot progress any further—no matter how smart they are or how hard they try.

Dyslexia Myth10: Learning problems are not that common.
The facts: Research has shown that approximately10-12% of the population could have a learning disability. This means, in a class of 40, there could be 4-5 children with this condition.

Dyslexia Myth 11: Dyslexia means you see things backwards.
The facts: If it were that simple, we could solve the problem by having dyslexic children hold their books in front of a mirror. Research has proven that people with dyslexia do NOT see things backwards.

Dyslexia Myth 12: Repeating a grade in school can remove dyslexia.
The facts: Dyslexics learn in a different way. Specialised teaching is necessary to learn to overcome dyslexia and cope with mainstream school.

Dyslexia Myth 13: All Dyslexics also have ADD/ADHD.
The facts: ADD/ADHD is an associated condition to learning disabilities. Research suggests that 40% of the children with learning disabilities could have attention issues.

Dyslexia Myth 14: Dyslexics will not succeed in life.
The facts: A great majority of dyslexics have succeeded in their respective spheres of life. Some famous and accomplished dyslexics include Albert Einstein, MM Lee Kuan Yew, Richard Branson and Tom Cruise, to name a few.